Quote:“You want Steve to have the ability to have the ball with confidence that he is doing the right thing and feeling like he can run the team, and getting the ball to Kobe in critical situations is important because that’s what his best role is standing out in the moments of crisis or the moments that are critical. And the inclusion that you have to have to make (Dwight) Howard feel a part of it. So all those guys have to find a little role. …”

Are we really questioning if Phil can't make Nash work in the triangle? People really don't know how the triangle is run then.

Plus Nash is 38 and why the heck would people want to endanger one of our key cogs by going up and down the court in 7 seconds or less. Also, isn't Steve injured right now? When he gets back, do you really want to put all the offensive duress on him. Phil will not run a strict triangle with this personnel and that was very obvious when we had athletes here like Ariza and Shannon Brown. Plus there is plenty of PnR and the two man game in the triangle.

I love Nash and I want him to do well, but he's getting up there in age and we ideally want him to play about 28-30 minutes a game. So what about the time when he's off the court? What happens to us if we run an offense based off of Nash's ball control and he gets injured....then what?

Lets not forget what the triangle did for Shaq....[satire] wouldn't it be great if we had a 20 something year old athletic freak that can dominate down there like Shaq did....oh wait! [/satire]

What Vash said, absolutely. The triangle would be fine for Nash, just like Kobe and Pau used to play P&R in it so could Nash and Pau or whoever else. It would also greatly benefit Howard's game as he'd always be getting the ball down low, and we of course know how Kobe does in it. Nash though, don't think he wants to run an entire offense himself anymore, so yes the Triangle would work for him. He would still have the ball in his hands and have more freedom than he did with this so-called "Princeton" offense.

From the interview...Jackson has already assessed what he can do with the current personnel with regards to each specific piece including Nash and Howard. With him not being totally removed from the game, his keen eye and constant inner thinking will adapt immediately to the game even without training camp. The familiarity with the core [i.e. 24, Gasol, Peace] is obviously a huge plus.

When we went 16-1 in the post season back in 2001, Derek Fisher shot over 40% from 3 (over 50% in some series). Steve Kerr, John Paxson, Ron Harper, BJ Armstrong....these guys all benefit from having played in the triangle because all they had to do was dribble up the court, read the defense and then spread the floor from the corners.

Steve Nash is the biggest shooting weapon at the PG position in the league. If we get him as many open looks as Fisher often got, then LOOK OUT. Gary Payton was a great SCORING point guard, but he was never really a spot up shooter or accurate from the outside. His skillset was not a match for the triangle. Steve Nash is one of the most accurate shooters of all time, he can THRIVE in an off ball, spread the floor role as the triangle point guard.

The End is nigh. Time for a total Cut and Shuffle. Kobe contract was a mistake...time to avoid making more. The future is here, whether we want it to be or not. An era is over, but for the death rattle, and it's time for the cycle to begin anew. Growth and change are scary and painful, but alas...nothing worth achieving comes easily.